Yun Chuji couldn’t bring herself to be alone with Feng Ling, so instead of taking his hovercar or hailing an unmanned sky taxi, they took several different train lines to get to their destination.
Through careful observation, Yun Chuji discovered that Feng Ling seemed to hold an inexplicable reverence, or perhaps admiration, for her relationship with Miss Tang.
For instance, when she explained why she didn’t want to be alone with him: “I’m not used to being with other people.”
Feng Ling’s eyes just lit up inexplicably, and then he said with a strange air of mystery, “Sis, I get it. You don’t have to take everything on yourself. In fact, with a wife as beautiful and rich as yours, it’s perfectly normal to be a little possessive.”
Yun Chuji didn’t understand how the conversation had turned to Tang Jianxi, but it undoubtedly struck a chord in her recently melancholic heart. “Miss Tang isn’t possessive of me at all.”
She seems to want to be rid of me.
If it weren’t for my pheromones, she probably would have already left me.
They were currently on the first leg of their journey, on a maglev train. Yun Chuji and Feng Ling sat with an empty seat between them. She leaned against the window, her clear eyes reflecting the blue sky and billboards outside. Her cheeks were pale, and the touch of melancholy seemed like an ornament, lifting her out of the mundane surroundings and giving her an ethereal quality.
Feng Ling let out a soft “wow.”
Behind him, another “wow” was heard.
It was a woman.
An omega.
A moment later, she stood up, her cheeks flushed, and shyly addressed the alpha by the window. “You don’t look very happy. I thought maybe I could chat with you.”
“I’m a good conversationalist.”
Despite her words, she looked so timid she could barely stand straight.
Feng Ling “wowed” again.
But the alpha by the window didn’t “wow.” She turned her head in confusion, met the strange female omega’s eyes, blinked, and then, as if understanding something, gave a grateful, slight smile. “I’ll handle it myself. Thank you for your kindness.”
Then she turned back to the window, the decorative melancholy never leaving her face.
Even after being rejected, the female omega didn’t seem angry or hurt. She just kept stealing glances at Yun Chuji until she got off two stops before them.
Feng Ling breathed a sigh of relief. He had almost thought she was going to follow them.
Once the woman was gone, Feng Ling couldn’t contain his curiosity, mixed with a hint of sourness. “Sis, do omegas hit on you often?”
“Hit on me?” Yun Chuji frowned. “Weren’t they trying to help me?”
“They?”
“Ah, yes. I’m new here and don’t know my way around, so sometimes I must look a bit lost. People often come up to ask if I’m okay.”
Feng Ling was very, very confused.
This wasn’t the S-District he knew. He remembered once passing out drunk on the street and only being discovered by a sanitation AI more than three hours later. Not a single person had shown any concern, not even a concerned dog.
“Are the people who show you concern all omegas?”
“I think so…” Yun Chuji recalled the delicate, shy faces and nodded affirmatively. “Yes, all of them.”
“Did they also ask for your StarNet ID?”
“Eh? How did you know? They said I could contact them anytime if I had trouble. Naturally, I didn’t want to bother strangers, so I declined.”
Feng Ling ground his teeth. The difference between one alpha and another was truly greater than the difference between an alpha and a floor-sweeping robot.
“Hmph, good thing you refused. You’re a taken woman!”
At these words, the melancholy that had been suppressed by the warmth of S-District’s people began to resurface. Thankfully, they changed trains soon after, or she might have attracted another omega.
But, on the next train, and the one after that, she attracted more omegas.
Watching Yun Chuji’s innocent expression, as if she truly believed the world was full of good people, Feng Ling’s jealousy turned to numbness.
This numbness intensified, mixed with a sense of unease, when he brought Yun Chuji to their destination.
Yun Chuji looked quizzically at the boxing gym enclosed in a transparent barrier. Outside the barrier was a shopping mall where many omegas were shopping. Inside was a boxing ring where many alphas were showing off their muscles.
“What is… why?”
Alright, this was the source of his unease. In front of the immensely popular-with-omegas Yun Chuji, Feng Ling felt a strange sense of shame as he uttered the two words: “Mate seeking.”
The shopping mall had been here first, and the boxing gym came later. In fact, the gym only appeared, like some kind of stalker, after the mall had become famous.
There were two theories about the owner of this boxing gym.
One was that he was hiding among the boxing alphas. The omega he had a crush on often shopped at this mall, so in a fit of madness, he bought the first floor of the mall and opened a gym exclusively for alphas, all so that the omega might notice his dazzling alpha charm. To ensure the gym didn’t disturb the delicate omegas, he thoughtfully enclosed it in a soundproof dome.
The other theory was that the owner was a black-hearted capitalist with excellent business acumen. He sensed the pent-up mating needs of the vast alpha population and deviously opened a boxing gym in an omega shopping mall to attract alphas, charging exorbitant membership fees.
Feng Ling used to believe the first theory. Now, he believed the second.
Because the moment Yun Chuji walked in, the usually indifferent omegas all turned their gazes toward her. In the past, not a single omega would spare a glance even if an alpha knocked out ten others and roared while beating his massive chest in the ring.
Teacher Gu was right. Muscles are useless.
Omegas care about faces.
Feng Ling hadn’t realized this before. He used to come here every few days to sweat it out, but he never got so much as a hint of romance. He did, however, get good enough at fighting to take on five people at once. So when Yun Chuji asked, this place was the first thing that came to his mind.
“Ahem, don’t be fooled by how flashy this place looks. It’s actually got some real substance.”
The mating competition among alphas made the fights more intense. The more you fought, or the more you got beaten up, the better you naturally became at fighting.
But that wasn’t Yun Chuji’s question. She tilted her head up, looking at the omegas peering down from the railing above. “Do they always stare like this?”
Then she added thoughtfully, “Miss Tang is an omega who likes skiing, so it’s possible some omegas like boxing too.”
A bitter taste filled Feng Ling’s mouth. He really wanted to say they were all looking at her, but glancing at the alphas around them who were fighting with increasing ferocity, he decided it was better for their safety not to say it out loud.
The boxing gym was quite large. Besides the central ring, there were many practice areas around the perimeter, filled with punching bags and boxing gloves. Only a few scattered alphas were there; most, even if they weren’t in the ring, were gathered around it, occasionally striking bodybuilder poses by flexing their muscles.
After they both changed, Feng Ling led Yun Chuji to a punching bag. “Show me your strength.”
Yun Chuji was puzzled. “Isn’t there a master to teach boxing? Or do you work here, Brother Feng?”
Her elder brother had also learned some martial arts for self-defense, and she remembered he had a master.
Feng Ling grinned at her words, took off his tank top, and tossed it aside. After rolling his neck from side to side, he stared at the punching bag and said, “No master is better than an alpha’s own instincts.”
A weapon of war is more than just impervious to pain.
Feng Ling felt he had delivered his opening line with great coolness. He turned his head, only to see Yun Chuji with a tense expression, clenching her pale fist and giving the punching bag a listless tap.
Yes, it couldn’t even be called a punch.
“Are you pretending to be an O!” Feng Ling said, exasperated.
But the surroundings were quiet, which made Feng Ling’s words exceptionally loud.
Why was it quiet?
Because the alphas had all stopped.
Why had the alphas all stopped?
Because the omegas had clustered together in Yun Chuji’s direction, quite obviously, and had even shrieked when she threw that punch. Although there was a soundproof dome, the alphas’ excellent vision allowed them to discern the truth from their synchronized mouth movements.
Honestly, among a crowd of male alphas wearing only tight shorts and female alphas in tight shorts and sports bras, Yun Chuji, in her long pants and white sweatshirt, stood out like a patch of snow on Mount Fuji.
And when this patch of snow punched, she didn’t try to demolish the bag like the other alphas. She seemed completely clueless, even taking a step back in surprise at the bag’s recoil.
It was really, so cute.
The contrast made her a hundred times cuter.
It had been years since they’d seen such a fresh alpha.
To think such a fresh alpha existed in the world!
The omega area was filled with pink bubbles, while the alpha area was filled with a murderous aura.
Nothing like this had ever happened before. For a mere pretty boy to steal the show was a complete and utter disgrace.
An alpha standing closest to Yun Chuji stepped forward. He scanned her slender frame, let out a disdainful scoff, and said, “Wanna spar?”
“I’m sorry, I have never learned to box, so I cannot fight you,” Yun Chuji replied earnestly, her eyes raised to avoid looking at the expanse of exposed muscle.
To be honest, she was starting to regret this.
She should have left the second she saw how these people were dressed. But she had more or less adapted to the uninhibited fashion of this era, and not wanting to give up halfway, she had thought she could avoid looking by practicing the principle of “see no evil.”
But now, it seemed unavoidable.
Aaaah, cover your wanton flesh! You are simply shameless!
In the eyes of others, however, this was a clear provocation.
A fist larger than a punching bag came flying. Feng Ling stepped in and blocked it. “Hey, brother, she’s just a little A who hasn’t seen the world. Why bother with her?”
Unfortunately, alphas don’t listen to reason.
There were only two of them, facing more than twenty others who were eyeing them menacingly, eager to prove they were the most charming alpha by beating this eye-catching one to a pulp.
He blocked one, but there was a second, and a third.
Yun Chuji realized the situation was very, very wrong.
So she called the police.
Heh, what a joke. She was a professional newcomer who had thoroughly studied the public security regulations of S-District!
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